SPS Completes Successful Rapid Bridge Replacement of Mass Ave over Comm Ave
SPS successfully replaced the Mass Ave Bridge over Commonwealth Ave in Boston’s Back Bay using Rapid Bridge Replacement techniques, 30 hours ahead of schedule. The operation began on Thursday night, May 10th and was slated for completion by Tuesday morning, May 15th. Due to excellent pre-planning and hard work by SPS crews, subcontractors, and the
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SPS Work at Conley Terminal Featured at Dedication of Butler Memorial Park
SPS successfully helped to create the dedicated freight corridor that enables Massport to remove container trucks serving Conley Terminal from residential streets, while improving the operational efficiency of the terminal and the economic strength of the Port of Boston. SPS constructed the paved access road; a new bridge over an inlet of the Boston Harbor
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SPS Marine Division Supports Sail Boston 2017 With Temporary Dock Systems
The City of Boston hosted ships from around the world in July 2017, and the SPS Marine Division was contracted by Sail Boston organizers as one of the firms entrusted to construct temporary docks from which visitors could safely view the ships. The SPS Team drove temporary steel piles and placed flexifloats and shugart floats
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SPS Completes Lexington Rte. 2/I-95 Design-Build Bridge Replacement
SPS New England has successfully completed the replacement of bridges carrying Route 2 East and Westbound over I-95 in Lexington, also called the Concord Turnpike. Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) techniques were used to minimize disruption and reduce construction duration, including the first-time use in Massachusetts of precast, modular concrete abutments instead of a deep foundation system using
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SPS Design-Build Project Named one of Top 10 in the Country by AASHTO
SPS New England’s “Heavy Lift” Design Build project in Phillipston, MA was selected as one of the top ten projects in the country by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) as part of the 2011 American Transportation Awards competition. SPS is honored to be recognized for its work using accelerated and innovative
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